1. What are clouds? clouds are millions of mist and ice particles
2. Explain how clouds form. When air cools below its saturation point
3. What are the 3 "families" of clouds and what do their Latin names mean?cirrus=curl of hair cumula=heap stratus=layer
4. Follow the links to learn about each type of cloud and then complete the table.
Use this web site to answer the following questions.
**http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/weather/clouds.html**
1. What are clouds? clouds are millions of mist and ice particles
2. Explain how clouds form. When air cools below its saturation point
3. What are the 3 "families" of clouds and what do their Latin names mean?cirrus=curl of hair cumula=heap stratus=layer
4. Follow the links to learn about each type of cloud and then complete the table.
To help you identify clouds, download, print and construct the following "Cloud Key".
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/cloudkey.pdf
After completing the chart, you could try a Cloud Quiz at;
http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Students_Teachers/animations/cloudzstart.shtml